What exactly were you expecting from Galvis? he's exactly been what everyone projected him to be so far. DLS wasn't anything special at the time of the trade and even the {phillies take was back of the rotation starter.

What exactly were you expecting from Galvis? he's exactly been what everyone projected him to be so far. DLS wasn't anything special at the time of the trade and even the {phillies take was back of the rotation starter.

Hyperbole--the favorite tool of Padre fans everywhere.

Exactly when a fringe prospect comes out of nowhere you gotta think it was something unlocked in the new organization

Who knows if heís in El Paso maybe heís getting hit more than in Lehigh

Am I missing something besides Myers and Galvis? Because two doesn't quite create a trend.

Also, EDS isn't Rizzo yet. He's tearing up AAA. It's not looking good but he's not Corey Kluber at this juncture either.

EDS was also from a position of depth. Even if EDS turns into a frontline starter the trade will look bad in a vacuum but won't really matter in the bigger picture if any 3 or 4 of the plethora of pitching in our top prospects do as well.

The Myers trade hurts more because Turner plays a position that we could use (and shift Tatis Jr to 3rd base). EDS would have been a luxury if everything else turns out well and he didn't make that trade.

But really, the main point is two isn't a trend...unless I'm forgetting other trades.

edited to add: The hauls for Upton and Kimbrel didn't really seem to bite us in the ***. But there is Matt Kemp... that one hurt financially, and you can make an argument about Grandal but if rumors are to be believed Grandal had to be pushed out one way or another.

You guys can go back and find me complaining about the Galvis trade the day it happened. Santos wasn't a fringe, he was our 13th ranked prospect in a deep system. Galvis in no way benefited our future. We needed strong defense to shore up Ross, Richard, Perdomo, and Mitchell? Please.

I'm saying the practicality of the trade is like the Rizzo trade, obviously that trade had more significance.

The Kimbrel trade was for prospects. I'm calling out his ability to acquire big league talent.

Calling out his ability to acquire big league talent? So what you're saying is, making the effort doesn't count right? That going all in in 2015, because it didn't work, erases the fact he went out and got quite a bit of Big League talent.

Kemp, Norris, Myers, Kimbrel, Upton and Shields were all BL talent, you can say they didn't perform to task, but they had prior to coming to SD.

DLS was a waiver claim in the first place (so give Preller credit for that)

I just don't get it--AJ is one of the best in MLB but you sound like you expect him to be perfect.

He's not, nor will he be, but I'll take him anyday over most other GMs in the game.

But hey that's what social media and forums like this are for, so we can share our opinions, complain and debate.

Never even mentioned Turner, but he definitely further proves my point. I'm talking about giving up too much to acquire starting big league talent.

Specifically if you're speaking of Myers ... well, there's a lot of guys who would make that trade. Myers was a top 3 prospect and debuted well with Tampa. To an extent he was a known commodity. Turner had similar promise, but it was just that ... promise.

As I said, there really haven't been that many significant trades for major league players. I expect that to change soon.

Yeah, I realized later that it was kind of a lazy statement, and I was being a little too general, but I was thinking of Lamet and Perdomo to go along with Quantrill, Gore, Nix, and Baez, but Baez has been fine. Lucchesi has been very good, Lauer not so good, but he's up. Allen has been good and Morejon same.